Semiformal verification of embedded software in medical devices considering stringent hardware constraints

Proceedings - 2009 International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 396-403

  Cordeiro, Lucas ^a   Fischer, Bernd ^a   Chen, Huan ^b   Marques Silva, Joao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARDWARE CONSTRAINTS; MEDICAL DEVICES; MEMORY REGION; STATE SPACE; STATIC VERIFICATION;

ACCESS CONTROL; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; VERIFICATION;

EMBEDDED SOFTWARE;

EID: 70349705913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICESS.2009.82     Document Type: Conference Paper

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